On World AIDS Day, December 1st, AIDS
Healthcare Foundation will open its 11th Men’s
Wellness Center in the U.S. in Oakland, CA; site is designed to make
screening for sexually transmitted diseases accessible and affordable,
as well as promote sexual health as part of routine health care for all
sexually active people

December 01, 2012 10:00 AM Eastern Time

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF)
will celebrate World AIDS Day 2012 on December 1st by opening
it’s 11th Men’s Wellness Center in the U.S. AHF Men’s
Wellness Centers offer a range of free sexually-transmitted disease
(STD) screenings, including HIV testing and the centers are often housed
alongside another AHF facility—usually an AHF Healthcare Center. This
newest location, however, is at a specialized clinic in the Oakland ‘Out
of the Closet’ Thrift Store at 238 E. 18th Street in Oakland,
California and will open on Monday and Saturday from 3:00pm to
7:00pm. Walk-ins are welcome. More information can be found at www.freeSTDcheck.org
or by calling 510 251-8678.

“We are pleased to be opening this latest AHF Men’s Wellness Center in
the Oakland area-offering free and low-cost services to the community”

AHF’s Men’s Wellness Centers are designed to make testing for STD’s
accessible, convenient and affordable, as well as to encourage regular
sexual health screenings as part of routine health care for all
sexually-active people. Services offered include: free Chlamydia
screening and treatment; free Gonorrhea screening and treatment; free
Syphilis screening and treatment and free HIV testing.

“We are pleased to be opening this latest AHF Men’s Wellness Center in
the Oakland area-offering free and low-cost services to the community,”
said Dale Gluth, Associate Regional Director, Bay Area, AIDS
Healthcare Foundation. “Our hope is that by offering these services in a
friendly, non-threatening venue that is also accessible and affordable,
more people in the East Bay will consider health screenings a regular
part of their health maintenance – like going to the gym and getting a
yearly check-up at the dentist. There is effective treatment for most
STD’s, so it truly is better to know your status – for your health and
for the health of your partner or partners.”

The most recent Alameda County STD statistics show 7,132 Chlamydia cases
and 1,952 Gonorrhea cases were reported and diagnosed. Notably, there is
often a significant correlation of HIV infection reported alongside
other STD’s.

In addition to the new Oakland, California location, AHF operates Men’s
Wellness Centers in Los Angeles County. The organization also operates
Wellness Centers in Florida and Washington D.C. More information and
location information can be found at www.freeSTDcheck.org.

About AHF

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is the largest non-profit HIV/AIDS
healthcare provider in the USA. AHF currently provides medical care
and/or services to more than 183,000 individuals in 27 countries
worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean Eastern Europe and
Asia. Additional information is available at www.aidshealth.org